Im fully aware of the old saying "If it aint broken don't fix it". well now I have a problem..

About a month ago I had a factory replacement mopar fuel pump and sending unit installed in my 1994 YJ. The shop showed me the old corroded one and the old gaskets (witch they also replaced).

One month later and less than 150 miles (I was out of town for most of that month) My jeep wont start. I drive home Friday fine and Saturday morning nothing.

I do all the troubleshooting to conclude its the fuel pump. I then have it towed to the shop where they say the pump is under warranty but its not likely that a brand new pump like that would break so fast.

They tell me that because my jeep is so old I might have to have my gas tank flushed and restored or something like that. Witch would involve dumping my almost full gas tank, sending it to another shop where they would clean it for metal shavings and also coat it in some chemical.

My old pump worked fine, I feel like if I never replaced it, it would of kept working even in my old gas tank. Should I chance putting another new fuelpump in or should I spiend the extra money and get my tank restored?

Thanks JF!

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Replacing random parts on hunches spurred from other vehicles and peoples experiences with them is the safest bet.

That is the biggest load of BS! No way does a plastic tank need to be "flushed". There is no way to get metal shavings in a plastic tank unless they put it in there. No reason to ever "seal" a plastic tank. Are you sure the pump is your issue? Did you check your fault codes? There are several other optionsfor problems. We have seen pumps bad from stock on the forum but highly unlikely.

They did show me some small metal shavings that were caught in the old fuel pump (the first one). The only thing I can think that would cause that is low end gas.

Mopar warranted there pump witch was faulty. The shop drained my gas tank and cleaned it the best they could (not quite sure how you would clean a gas tank, mabye pressure wash it?) The shop covered the labor costs witch was a little over 2h 30m.

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Replacing random parts on hunches spurred from other vehicles and peoples experiences with them is the safest bet.